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Conneaut Lake has an 'orange crush' on Pumpkin Fest


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...The concept is a simple one: Take a big crane, hoist a giant pumpkin into the air, and then drop it on something.

In years past, that something has been a car, or a camper, or a semi-truck. Saturday's target was a motorboat. It was violently caved in by a 1,445 1/2-pound bright-orange gourd dropped from an approximate height of 90 feet before shattering into large wet chunks as a crowd of people some 10 rows thick looked on.

Why a motorboat?

Well, ostensibly it's because the theme for this year's Pumpkin Fest is "Pumpkins on the Lake." But, really, what kind of reason is needed. It's smashing a boat with a humongous pumpkin. You don't need a Socrates to find for a deeper meaning there.

"It's just plain awesome," says Dakota Papsun of Geneva....

http://www.meadvilletribune.com/local/loca..._283223247.html

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